Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Don't Tell a Soul by Kirsten Miller

3 reviews

bea_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Animal death, Alcohol, and Suicide

beckyremillard's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Bram is fleeing the city to get away from her past and her controlling mother, so she’s staying with her uncle at his small town manor. However, the manor is alleged to be cursed and the locals do not take kindly to outsiders. 

It took me a little bit to get into this. We are not told the situation that caused Bram to leave and that adds to the mystery of it all.  Everything is explained at an appropriate time and all the loose ends are fairly tied up, which is always appreciated. I hate when there are lasting questions and I don’t have that. (Except the really random question of what is Bram’s real name, if “Bram” is a nickname derived from her father’s name?)

I almost wish this book did have an actual ghost. I was kind of hoping for more horror, although it’s definitely a great thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Death of parent, and Murder

catgirl_luna's review

This was not at all what I thought it was going to be. It feels like a slog now trying to get through it so I am not wasting my time with this anymore. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Addiction, Death of parent, Rape, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Stalking

I didn't like that Bram was shamed for having a drug addiction after seeing her father and aunt dead. Too much shaming of a child who went through a serious problem and then was treated terribly for the rest of the time by family. I know this is fiction but there had to be at LEAST 1 person from her past that would have cared or at least gave one care about her that wasn't in Louth.